Yahoo requires specific settings to connection an email account to Bark:
- Log in to your child's Yahoo email accountÂ
- Go to Yahoo security settings
- Ensure Two-Step Verification is enabled
- Select "Generate app password" at the bottom of the page:
5. On the screen that pops up, select "Other Account"
6. Input "Bark" as the name of that app:
7. Copy the password on the next pop up and paste it within the Bark password field for connecting to a Yahoo account:
If you receive a "wrong username/password" error when attempting to connect your child's Yahoo email account to Bark, please follow these instructions:
- Log in to your child's Yahoo email accountÂ
- Check for an email with the subject "Sign in attempt prevented"
- Open that email and click the first link in the email (https://login.yahoo.com/account/security#other-apps)
- On the following page, please enable "allow apps that use less secure sign-in"
- After this, please retry connecting your child's Yahoo email account to Bark
- If you are still unable to connect your child's Yahoo email account, please contact Bark at help@bark.us
